So much has happened and continues to happen since my last post. I look often to see what others have written, but usually late at night when I don't have the energy to put my own thoughts together.
This summer is flying by! We have been so busy, by Sunday I am exhausted and trying to catch my breath! We have hired quite a few new employees to help pick up the slack... getting them trained is the hard part!! I have really enjoyed most of them and the upbeat attitudes and hard workers they are. We have had 3 of our top 5 busiest days the weekend prior to the 4th and then again on the 4th... surpassing our wildest expectations! We are so grateful for the people who support us and continue to bring new people to try us out and spread the word. We have had so much positive feedback on where we are now, and the direction we are heading. It is rewarding at the end of those crazy hard, long and hot days to reflect on the love and support thrown our way every day. Greg really is an amazing pit master and it shows!! We also hosted the first annual Smokin' Valley Barbecue Challenge, it was a great learning experience and we are excited to do it up big next year! We hoped to be busier this year than last, but have truly felt blessed by how much better we are doing. I think we might make it after all!! :)
July is a month, or rather a week full of birthdays too... my grandma Evans who I absolutely adore, my Dad who is a hero to me in every sense of the word, my handsome husband, my best friend and love, and my sister in law who is amazing too. All within 6 days of each other with the 4th in the middle of it all!! I could and probably should dedicate a whole blog to each of them, but I won't this time around!! I love them and am grateful for them!
Of course with the good comes the bad or sad. My little sister has been going through a tough divorce and it has been one of the most heartbreaking things I have ever witnessed and had to deal with. It's so hard to see someone you love really suffer and struggle and not be able to really do anything for them other than offer a hug and a shoulder to cry on. It is also hard to lose someone that you thought of as a brother and friend and watch hard and sad decisions being made, ones that make you angry, sad and confused! However, I must say that I have learned a lot from this experience and although it has been incredibly hard, and I am sure will continue to be, I have grown stronger because of it and I think I am a better person for it. It has made all of us take stock of our own relationships and what needs to happen to ensure that we are not walking this road ourselves. I pray that she will continue to gain strength and courage and that she will soon find someone worthy of her who can love her as she so deserves and treat her with respect and be a partner with her. I pray for their children too. It is such a hard thing for everyone!!
On a totally different note - I love the Fourth of July! I love this country that I live in. I know things are not perfect, but when is it ever? I am still grateful to live here and enjoy the freedom to live as I choose. I am grateful for those with courage to fight for our freedom and that of others. Every time I sing the National Anthem - especially the 3rd verse I get teary and sometimes just flat out cry as my heart swells with gratitude. ..."Blessed with victory and peace, may this Heav'n rescued land, praise the power that had made and preserved us a nation. Then conquer we must, when our cause it is just. And this be our motto: IN GOD IS OUR TRUST"...
I LOVE AMERICA!
So... onto a totally different thing - it stinks getting old! Why can't our bodies feel and act as young as we think we are in our minds? Just in the last few weeks I have injured my right elbow/arm - it really hurts and has to be babied, which I really don't have time to do! Then today, my girls are outside trying to do cartwheels and I was trying to explain the process. They weren't understanding, so I decided to show them. I was a little worried about hurting my elbow worse, but decided I could use my left arm the most - wow! I pulled the heck out of my left hamsting! So now I am walking like a 70 year old, unable to bend over or do anything that strains my leg!! To make it worse, my daughter says "good try mom"! Where has the time gone? I used to be able to do anything, now I better take a half hour to stretch out before getting out of bed!! Oh well! So tonight, I am grateful for ice packs, icy hot and a heating pad... a little ibuprofen and a funny CD of Bill Engvall - Here's your sign!
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2 comments:
oh sheri, so sorry about your hamstring and elbow. Injuries are the WORST! Hope you heal quickly my friend.
I am SO glad that your restuarant is doing well. I think you guys deserve every blessing and more. I think you are just plain amazing.
Love you to pieces!
It's so wonderful to know the restaurant is doing well. I loved it when I was there. In fact, right now I wish I could have some barbeque--that sounds soooooo good.
I'm sorry to hear about your sister. It is so hard to watch other people struggle--I always want to fix everything so I don't do well with that sort of thing.
Hugs.
I was glad you wrote "walking like a 70 year old" instead of a "like a 60 year old"--THANK YOU. Seriously, though, I'm sorry you hurt yourself.
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